A little watercolor study from the Hitda Codex: Storm on the Sea of Galilee.
It occurred to me as I was working on this that I could've been any one of the disciples on the ship with Christ. There are 12 on board, but some are most hidden--maybe cowering as I would have been in what seemed inevitable: their impending doom. I especially identify with the disciple who is waking Christ because, "Master, do you not care that we are about to perish?"
There are numerous times I too have uttered, "Christ, do you not care that...." ( fill in the blanks). Mine are the grasping fingers of Doubting Thomas, reaching out to wake him because I fear he is asleep and unaware of circumstances that are a concern for me. It's always later, sometimes much later, that I know full well that "he was always in the boat with me."
Soldiering on with faith.
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